What To Eat With Meds?

[epiphiny]

Hi All,

I picked up this question from Ichou's recent post and thought it was deserving of it's own thread as it is a question I find myself asking daily.  Many people have vaguely said 'eat fat', the Copegus leaflet also suggest a 'high fat breakfast' but what exactly does that mean?  I hope I don't appear dim but it's really got me stumped.  It would be great if people could respond with some specific foods they eat with their Riba meal.  

Also, do you guys eat and then wait 15 minutes to take the Riba with water, or should it be in the middle of the meal (and if so, why) and do you drink a large glass of water with the pills?

Looking forward to hearing what folks have to say,  thanks in advance!!

[Trinity4]

Just make sure you eat.  Higher fat content is better for absorption, but something has to be in your stomach for the riba to work at maximum capacity.  I have to be careful with things like peanut butter because it hurts my stomach but that is a healthy high fat food.  As tx progresses, food has less and less appeal.  Half the battle is just making sure you put something in your stomach even when it makes you gag.  
I haven't gone anemic yet and I'm thinking it's because I have forced myself to eat.  Lots of protein especially with my evening meals.  I love toaster pastries in the morning.  Way too much sugar but they are high fat.  I've come to the conclusion that if goes down and stays down it's all good.
Trin

[PegOnPeg]

My NP said to eat anything I wanted...I suspect that, historically, there will be weight loss during tx...I think she figures, if you really want to each anything at all, you shouldn't deny yourself.

[sunqueen]

I'm always in a hurry to get off to work and don't have time to cook breakfast. In the last few weeks, I've started making cashew butter. I toss a few cups of cashews into the Cuisinart with a couple of tablespoons of organic EV coconut oil and a little drizzle of honey. I smear about a tablespoon on WW bread and wash it down with light soy or almond milk. Sometimes I slice banana on it. Other mornings, I down a few big tablespoons of whole milk yogurt with my pills.

I drink a quart of water in the morning and usually glug everything down together.

I haven't been terribly worried about adding all of this fat to my diet because I still lose weight every week. I figure I'll go back to low-fat when I finish tx.

[Marcia2202]

I eat my riba mid meal... with a tablespoonful of either coconut oil, olive oil or sesame oil (all cold pressed virgin oils) and then I finish the rest of my meal. Some times I eat it with and apple or a banana in the morning, when I do that I take one or two extra spoons of oil.

marcia

[jmjm530]

My typical breakfast during treatment was Ham and Cheese Omelet, home fries, toast and butter. I took my riba with my first bite but that was more of a reminder ritual than anything else. I'm sure the effect would have been the same if I took the riba mid-meal.

Am I recommending this high-fat breakfast to everyone. No. It worked for me on two levels. First, I was experiencing signficant weight loss and therefore a high-calorie breakfast kept the weight slide from getting even worse. Second, I had developed an eating disorder and could only eat a very limited menu of foods. For whatever reason, meats, cheese and eggs were OK but the healthy fruits and fish I now enjoy would make me nauceous to even think about.